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Hilary Benn re-elected as MP for Leeds Central

On 8 May 2015 By leeds11

Electorate : 81799 Turnout : 55.35 % Surname Forename Votes Elected Description BENN Hilary James 24758 ELECTED Labour Party FARIS-WILSON Nicola 7791 The Conservative Party HAYTON Michael 3558 Green Party KITCHING Liz 330 Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition SENIOR Luke 7082 UK Independence Party (UKIP) SPRIGGS Emma Janet 1529 Liberal

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Why does no-one want to be an MP?

On 4 May 2015 By leeds11

I recently published an article asking if Leeds Central Liberal Democrat candidate, Emma Spriggs, was some kind of superwoman. I asked this question because I’d spotted that Emma was simultaneously running for MP in Leeds Central and running to be a local councillor 300 miles away in Bucklebury, Reading. I

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What’s the point in voting when Hilary Benn is bound to win?

On 3 May 2015 By leeds11

Bookmaker William Hill is so confident of Hilary Benn winning the Leeds Central seat again that they are only offering odds of 1/100 on his victory – you would have to wager £1,000 just to win a tenner. Where does that leave me on Election Day? Is it a choice

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Campaigners to deliver NHS petition to MP candidates

On 23 April 2015 By leeds11

People from the Leeds Central constituency will deliver a ‘Save Our NHS’ petition signed by local people to their MP candidates this Saturday (25 April 2015). The petition will be handed over on the front steps of Leeds Civic Hall in Millennium Square by Peter Haughton, a member of independent